Crawfordsville police plan to release footage of shooting on movie set

Crawfordsville will release bodycam footage of officer shooting at actor during filming of a movie. Police were not aware of the filming and believed the were at a genuine robbery.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Crawfordsville police arrived at the Back Step Brewing Co. at 125 N. Green St. just before 7 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report it was being robbed. A masked man with a gun was coming out of the back door, Indiana State Police said Wednesday.

"The subject did not immediately comply with officers' commands and raised the gun, pointing it at the officer," according to the city's statement.

The officer fired a shot that missed the actor, whom Indiana State Police said was Jim Duff. Duff was not injured in the incident.

"The officer involved in the incident was wearing a body camera and footage clearly shows the incident," the statement from Crawfordsville reads. "The city ... plans to release the footage in the near future.

"... That footage is expected to be released once the investigation is complete and once the prosecutor has decided if any charges will be filed."

The police department was not notified of the movie production at the tavern.

"We ask, for obvious safety purposes, that our department be notified of future instances where toy or prop weaons are going to be used," the city's statement reads.